King Abdullah II in KA2(click to view full) Back on January 9, 2006, DID ran a very popular article discussing the growth of fractal camouflage patterns, including Canada’s trail-blazing CADPAT, the Marines MARPAT, and HyperStealth’s advanced digital KA2...
CVN-21 Enhancements(click to view full) General Atomics in San Diego, CA received a not-to-exceed $6 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N68335-04-C-0167) for acceptance and incorporation of two Engineering Change Proposals for...
Back in September 2005, DID ran a story covering SAIC’s impending Initial Public Offering (IPO) as it transitioned from an employee-owned consultancy to a publicly-traded corporation. Now Local 1877 of the Service Employees International Union has set up SAIC...
Mk.38 on DDG 54(click to view full) General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems in Marion, IL won an estimated $25.4 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for 25mm linked cartridges. Work will be performed in Marion, IL and...
Titanium’s light weight, tremendous strength, and incredible heat-resistance makes it a very desirable metal for aircraft; indeed, fluctuations in its price have been cited as potential future cost issues for the F-35 Joint Strike fighter program and especially...